Accessible Live CD's?

[James Homuth]

I'm wondering what's out there these days as far as accessible live CD's
goes. I need to be able to gain FTP access to a system but don't plan to
actually install Linux on that system. If it supports software speech, that
would be perfect. Is there such a thing as a live CD that'll do the trick,
or is it wishful thinking on my part? Any help would be more than
appreciated.